• DocumentCode
    1445872
  • Title

    Alternating current in the United States Navy

  • Author

    Rickover, H. G.

  • Author_Institution
    United States Navy, is head of the electrical section, Bureau of Ships, Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
  • Volume
    61
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1942
  • fDate
    6/1/1942 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    289
  • Lastpage
    302
  • Abstract
    ELECTRICITY was first applied on a vessel in the United States Navy in 1883 when the cruiser Trenton was equipped with an Edison shunt-wound 13.2-kw 110-volt d-c generator for lighting purposes. From this very modest initial installation the use of electricity has increased to the point where a modern battleship has as much as 10,000 kw of generating capacity for auxiliary operation and lighting, and the largest aircraft carriers have generating plants of 160,000 kva for propulsion.
  • Keywords
    Aircraft; Generators; Induction motors; Lighting; Propulsion; Windings;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1942.6436307
  • Filename
    6436307
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1445872